Thinking about cookin some steaks at the park tmrw, but im scared people may complain about all thw sparks since mesquite sparks up like crazy. Any tips on how to manage this? put the grill lid over it?

I have an Oklahoma Joe's judge charcoal grill. When I got the grill I didn't realize that it doesn't have a top rack warming tratray. Does anyone know if there any aftermarket retractable warming tray that I can buy and install in the grill?

Cooked for 2 hours in foil. Then a couple minutes on the grate with barbecue sauce on each side.

So I bought this to go camping. Never learned or taught how to use a charcoal grill. Watched some youtube videos. Basically got all the coals lit then spread them across and grilling went ok, but the coals went out. Not sure what happened and made my cook time double trying to get another set of coals lit again.

One thing I will invest in is a coal chimney starter.

Just seeing if anyone had some advice on how to properly grill foods on this thing.

Saw a comment on an older post saying anything other than stainless will eventually flake and rust. For some reason I hadn’t thought about that. I usually have parties and cook for 10-20 people depending on how big it is. I love my Legacy so far, it’d be hard to go back to a Weber Kettle (even though they’re fantastic, size is a big issue) if you buy replacement grates for these grills will they flake or rust any if you don’t use them? I’d like to have an extra set to keep around since it seems they’re discontinued and would like to keep this bigger barrel style grill for a long time (I can’t find certain replacement parts) any help is appreciated!

I've been using an electric charcoal starter to light up lump charcoal for my Kamado, and it worked great until it broke (which was my fault).

So I've been looking at these looflighter electric starters (or a heat gun which supposedly does the same thing) but they seem to be more inconvenient than the regular electric starter since they're slower AND I have to stand with the gun pointing at the charcoal until it lights up.

Is there a reason to buy a looflighter electric starter (or the $20 heat gun) instead of an old-fashioned $17 electric charcoal starter?

Besides an electric fire starter, How can I start previously-used lump charcoal that’s already in the Kamado?

I can’t use a chimney since I’d have to pick up the used charcoal and place it in the chimney.

Guys I need help deciding on which kettle to get what would you guys recommend me to pick out of those two ?

Sometimes people post charcoal drawings thinking this is a visual arts sub. Anyone collecting those?

Has anyone heard of/used this brand before? Someone on my local FB marketplace is liquidating 20lb bags for $15, but I can't find anything online, or in the charcoal wiki, about this particular brand. I figured I might grab a bag to try it out, but if it was actually good I'd grab a few extra. Bags seem to come in blue, pink, and red. Thanks!

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How does everyone apply cooking oil to their grates? I've been using the onion cut in half and dipped in bowl of oil to apply it across the grates. Curious of other people's methods.

As for cleaning the grates before or after a cook? Let it burn off as meat rests then what to scrape with? I'm finding difficulty with the napolean kettle I have as the grates aren't straight they're wavy and the wood brush I use for regular bbq doesn't work well.

I read many opinions. Would you think this is ready to dump?

So earlier i left a post saying i have a 14.5 portable charcoal grill but i dont leave near a public grill parks and i live in a complex that doesnt allow grilling.

I live in Harbor City, which is in Los Angeles. Most people have said in my last post they grill in the parking lot, which i think ill give a try but i also dont want to get in trouble. How do you know if youre allowed to grill food? Theres lots of places where i want to take my portable grill to but idk how to makesure if its okay.